Wheel Weights for casting

[greenshoots]

give you a clue he played a dying gunfighter.

viv

[Jackel]

2 mules for sister Sarah?

[greenshoots]

2 mules for sister Sarah?

[Calibre44]

give you a clue he played a dying gunfighter.

viv

The Shootist ... marvelous film. Loved the opening scenes from his earlier movies depicting his life as a gun fighter.

cheers

[John Henry 1]

Wheel weights are made from a lead and antimony, I used to melt them down to cast bullets some years ago, harder than just lead, better, didn't strip the rifling. Used to work fine in .38 & .44.

[Marlin.45]

But in a muzzleloader using a hard blend makes it a pain to ram home if they are sized right. Best stay with pure lead plus most m/l shoot subsonic so lead 'stripping' is rarely an issue.

Use pure or as close as poss for less hassle

Hand cast bullets in cartridges are a completly different animal ..... most of the time

[John Henry 1]

But in a muzzleloader using a hard blend makes it a pain to ram home if they are sized right. Best stay with pure lead plus most m/l shoot subsonic so lead 'stripping' is rarely an issue.

Use pure or as close as poss for less hassle

Hand cast bullets in cartridges are a completly different animal ..... most of the time

See your point, never been in to muzzle loaders, I'm sure you are correct.

[greenshoots]

Is there any sure way of telling?

there the old splat test..

wheel weights would work lovely in my marlin 1895 if your going to get rid......

viv

[Calibre44]

You've got some beautiful rifles! ... did it take you long to learn to handload those 45/70 cartridges?

I've been handloading 44 magnum now for a year but would love a Trapdoor - what's it like to shoot?